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> If you could change one thing about HPfGU, what would it be?
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Susan:
I have only been a member since earlier this year.  I have to say 
that I was quite frustrated when I was posting on the main list as I 
would read every post and try to emulate the older posters in the way 
that I posted.  Unfortunately no matter how I posted, it seemed I did 
it wrong.  I would follow the elf's instructions and lo and behold a 
different elf would reprimand me for that way of posting.  It got so 
frustrating that I started watching other posters who posted just 
like I did.  Now, I do realize that I have no way of knowing if these 
other posters received howlers or not but they continued to post the 
same way time after time so I (possibly wrongly) assumed that they 
were not reprimanded as I was.  I finally just gave up and decided to 
not post anymore.  The point I am trying to make is that the rules 
should be followed by all, not just new people.  I was told by one 
elf that the reason one of the others was not reprimanded was that 
they had been posting for so long and always had interesting posts.  
One elf was excessively rude.  This was the last straw.

Hebby: 
> Should there be some formal recognition of good/long-time posters?

Susan:
I think that the other places like fantastic posts and such and the 
open admiration of the members is already doing this.

Hebby: 
> If past experience is any guide, we'll be getting a surge of new 
> posters next June when the PoA movie premieres. How should we deal 
> with it? 

Susan:
I don't know how these things work but would it be possible to have a 
group for each of the books?  I realize that there would still have 
to be a general (main) list for those that meld their ideas through 
the entire epic, but a lot of the posts only pertain to one book.  Do 
you think this would be a significant enough reduction from the main 
list to be feasible?  Plus for those that do not want to discuss 
certain books, they simply do not have to receive the emails from 
them.  And maybe a Tbay/FILK list.  I personally don't read 
them...not because they aren't good, as a matter of fact they are so 
good that I get quite confused with what is fake and what is real. 
(yes, I am a blonde!)

Hebby: 
> Again, we welcome you here, we're looking forward to hearing what 
> you have to say, and we hope we'll all benefit from the discussions 
> that take place here. 

Susan:
I appreciate your willingness to hear what we have to say.  This 
shows growth in itself.  Hopefully we can make this a better place 
for all of us.